I'm going to BackDate this Report for June 1st, 2014, so that my Schedule remains near the top of the Page, which seems most appropriate, I hope you'll agree, but just for the record: I'm actually writing this on 08/04/14.

This guy slipped under my Radar during the Draft Process, but upon catching up to'm, I had no choice but to give the guy a Grade & Ranking so high that writing up a Scouting Report was an absolute Imperative.

﻿Offensive Guard﻿ Kevin Pamphile ~ Purdue

BoilerMakers ~ 6045/310

Regarding Offensive Guards

I consider Offensive Guards far more crucial to their Teams's Prospects that most consider them to be.

The Gutters are riddled with the Corpses of Teams that were built around so-called "skill" Players ~ teams that delighted their Fantasy FootBall Fans every Year, all the way until January...when The Only Games That Really Matter are played.

It is then, of course, that the Capacity ~ or lack thereof ~ to Move The Chains and protect the QuarterBack against PlayOff Caliber Defenses rears its ugly head. And another Team built for Fantasy FootBall bites the dust.

I impart enormous importance upon Offensive Guards in my joyfully twisted World View of FootBall: Right up there with QuarterBacks, Defensive Tackles, and Centers in their potential Impact on The Only Games That Really Matter.

These are the Aspects of their Games that I place greatest emphasis on, when evaluating Offensive Guards:

Power. Above all: Core Power. Upper body Strength is important, but Core Power, from the Knees to the Ribs, is absolutely crucial. All the upper body strength in the world still fails if you can't dig in your heels. But Core Power enables a Lineman to project Power in the Running Game and to reject Power in the Passing Game. And those Players who invest the time and effort to develop superior Core Power are far likelier to enjoy sustained good Health and stay on the Field.

Agility. Lateral Velocity, Acceleration, and above all: Fluidity or Core Agility. Core Agility is even more essential to sustained good Health ~ and to sustained good FootBall ~ than Core Power. The ability to react with Serpentine smoothness is a tremendous asset in all Aspects of the Game, and certainly in the Hand to Hand Combat that characterizes Trench Warfare. All the Power in the World goes only so far if you're stiff and lumbering out there.

Combat Skills. Mechanics. Launch Velocity, Paw Power, and Technique.

Intangibles. Diagnostic Capacity, Processing Speed, and Motor. How effectively he masters Spatial Diagnostics & Angles, how rapidly he recognizes and implements Blocking Schemes based on changing Defensive Tactics, and of course: Drive. How badly he wants it. These are of course difficult things to assess, but it's crucial to at least try to.

My notion of a Dream Guard would be one who combines all these traits but with great emphasis on Agility ~ a truly Athletic Offensive Guard who can run Power Sweeps all day long, as Jerry Kramer and Fuzzy Thurston once did with Vince Lombardi's Packers on their way to no less than 5 Championships in 7 glorious years!!

Kevin Pamphile Scouting Report

Power. Deficient, but has a Frame with Potential. He was a BasketBall standout who only started playing FootBall as a Senior in High School, so he's still transitioning his Frame to acclimate to the New Sport, but has come a long way.Agility. Extraordinary. Pamphile combines outstanding Launch Velocity with tremendous Fluidity and exceptional Acceleration to the Edge or UpField. He was indeed an exceptional BasketBall Player, and it shows.Combat Skills. Rudimentary. He'll need a lot of Work, here, both in terms of Mechanics and in terms of Tactics.Intangibles. Excellent. By all Accounts, he improved considerably over the course of his College Career after first transitioning from BasketBall Player to Defensive Lineman and thence to Offensive Tackle. Strong Motor.

Kevin Pamphile Prospectus

Pamphile's listed everywhere as an Offensive Tackle, and I believe that he has excellent Potential at that Position, but I believe that he has even greater Potential as an Offensive Guard, and that is what determines my NomenClature.This guy slipped under my Radar during the Draft Process, but upon catching up to'm, I had no choice but to give the guy a Grade & Ranking so high that writing up a Scouting Report was an absolute Imperative.Kevin Pamphile joined the FootBall Universe only as a Senior at High School, and transitioned to the Offensive Line only as a Sophomore at Purdue, so you can be certain that his Mechanics are Raw and that his grasp of Blocking Schemes and Spatial Tactics are Rudimentary. Furthermore, he would optimally need to learn a new Position: Guard.Even so, I feel almost dishonest giving him the Grade & Ranking I came up with not because it's too aggressive, mind you, but because I suspect that it will ultimately prove too conservative: Kevin Pamphile brings explosiveAgility to the Field of Battle, but what really excites me about his Prospects is how two Years after first playing the game of FootBall, he undertook yet another huge Change, and yet, one Year later, was starting, and for a Major Program!!Yeah, there's Risk involved with every Prospect, as the poor saps who drafted JaMarcus Russell and Ryan Leaf will tell you, and there's certainly plenty of it attached to a guy as Raw as Kevin Pamphile. But I preach Trajectory, and when I stumble across a guy who combines extraordinary Agility and a recent Record of Rapid Ascension...It's All About Trajectory, baby.SuperBeast Potential + Rapid Recent Rise = one Hell of an intriguing Prospect, in my Book!!Thanks, as always, to the extraordinary Work by the men of Draft BreakDown!!

﻿Yank Rank: StudHorse ~ DeeperSleeper!!﻿

Perceived Market Value

6th/7th Round

Yankee Grade

2nd/3rd Round

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